Markdown & productivity guides.
Practical writing on Markdown, collaboration, docs, and knowledge bases — written by the people building ForgeMD.
Technical Writing Software for Dev Teams
Technical writing for developers is not about polish.
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Obsidian vs Notion: The Real Trade-offs
Pick Obsidian if your notes belong to you, on your disk, in plain Markdown, and you are willing to carry the complexity of syncing, backing up, and choosing a plugin ecosystem yourself.
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Markdown to PDF: 5 Ways That Actually Preserve Formatting
You write in Markdown for clarity.
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Best Markdown Editor for Windows
On Windows, "best Markdown editor" sits at two poles
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Best Markdown Editor for Linux
On Linux, "best Markdown editor" means two things at once
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What Is Knowledge Base Software? A Guide for Growing Teams
A knowledge base is the one place your team's answers live when someone asks the same question again.
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How to Build an Internal Wiki Your Team Actually Uses
Most internal wikis die quietly.
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HackMD Alternative: Why ForgeMD Gives You What HackMD Can't
HackMD pioneered collaborative Markdown notes.
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Docs as Code: A Practical Guide for Developers
Your code ships with tests, linting, and version history.
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The Complete Markdown Guide: Syntax, Tools, and Best Practices
Markdown is the closest thing developers have to a lingua franca.
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GitHub-Flavored Markdown vs Classic Markdown
Markdown looks simple on the surface.
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What Is Markdown and Why Do Developers Love It?
If you have ever browsed a GitHub repository...
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Markdown Cheat Sheet
Copy this starter block into a blank document and you have every common syntax in one place
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Obsidian Alternative: When You Need Real-Time Collaboration
If you like Obsidian's local-first markdown but your team keeps asking "can we edit this at the same time," ForgeMD is the alternative that keeps the ownership model and adds live collaboration.
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Notion Alternative: Open Markdown and Local Files
If you want a Notion alternative that treats markdown as the source of truth and keeps your files on your machine, ForgeMD fits.
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20 Meeting-Note Templates for Dev Teams
Copy any template below into a blank markdown file.
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Meeting Notes in Markdown: The Dev Team's Guide
Copy this template, run your next standup in it, and your notes become a searchable, versioned document instead of a chat message that dies in two days
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